"うたう" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [ɯ̟ta̠ɯ̟]
Etymology: From Old Japanese and ultimately related to 歌 (uta, “song”). First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-verb|hhira=うたふ|tr=both|type=1}} うたう • (utau) ^(←うたふ (utafu)?)transitive or intransitive godan (stem うたい (utai), past うたった (utatta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|うた|4-p}} Forms: utau [romanization], utafu [romanization], うたい [stem], うたった [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], うたわ [error-unrecognized-form], utawa [error-unrecognized-form], うたい [error-unrecognized-form], utai [error-unrecognized-form], うたう [error-unrecognized-form], utau [error-unrecognized-form], うたえ [error-unrecognized-form], utae [error-unrecognized-form], うたわれる [passive], utawareru [passive], うたわせる [causative], うたわす [causative], utawaseru [causative], utawasu [causative], うたえる [potential], utaeru [potential], うたおう [volitional], utaō [volitional], うたわない [negative], utawanai [negative], うたわず [continuative, negative], utawazu [continuative, negative], うたいます [formal], utaimasu [formal], うたった [perfective], utatta [perfective], うたって [conjunctive], utatte [conjunctive], うたえば [conditional, hypothetical], utaeba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], うたは [irrealis, stem], utafa [irrealis, stem], うたひ [continuative, stem], utafi [continuative, stem], うたふ [stem, terminative], utafu [stem, terminative], うたふ [attributive, stem], utafu [attributive, stem], うたへ [realis, stem], utafe [realis, stem], うたへ [imperative, stem], utafe [imperative, stem], うたはず [negative], utafazu [negative], うたへど [contrastive], utafedo [contrastive], うたへば [causative], utafeba [causative], うたはば [conditional], utafaba [conditional], うたひき [past], utafiki [past], うたひけり [past], utafikeri [past], うたひつ [perfect], utafitu [perfect], うたひぬ [perfect], utafinu [perfect], うたへり [continuative, perfect], うたひたり [continuative, perfect], utaferi [continuative, perfect], utafitari [continuative, perfect], うたはむ [volitional], utafamu [volitional]
  1. 歌う, 唄う: (transitive, intransitive) to sing
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-gHWgfJ4S
  2. 歌う, 唄う: (transitive, intransitive) to sing
    謡う: (specifically) to sing a noh song
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-Vw4dV8Oe
  3. 詠う, 咏う: (transitive) to compose poetry
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-yIZ2~1TW
  4. 詠う, 咏う: (transitive, intransitive) to recite poetry
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-usllCg7W
  5. 歌う, 唄う: (intransitive) to tweet, said of birds Synonyms: 鳴く
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-3uuTkAGZ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 24 12 13 35 7 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 17 17 15 17 24 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 10 16 12 13 40 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 9 18 11 11 44 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 18 10 11 45 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 18 10 11 46 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 14 11 13 42 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 24 7 7 48 7
  6. 謳う: to state, praise (for own good)
    Sense id: en-うたう-ja-verb-qqjLm0IY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 歌にばかり歌う (uta ni bakari utau) (ruby: (うた), (うた)), 飲めや歌え (nome ya utae), 飲めや歌えや (nome ya utae ya)
Derived forms: 謳う (utau) (ruby: (うた)) (english: praise, extol), (utai) (ruby: (うたい)), 歌い合う (utaiau) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い上げる (utaiageru) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い出し (utaidashi) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い継ぐ (utaitsugu) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い手 (utaite) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い捲る (utaimakuru) (ruby: (うた), (まく)), 歌い回し (utaimawashi) (ruby: (うた), (まわ)), 歌い女 (utaime) (ruby: (うた), ()), 歌い物 (utaimono) (ruby: (うた), (もの)), 歌歌い (utautai) (ruby: (うた), (うた)), 弾き歌い (hikiutai) (ruby: (), (うた))

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "praise, extol",
      "roman": "utau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "謳",
          "うた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "謳う"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "謡",
          "うたい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "謡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaiau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "合",
          "あ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い合う"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaiageru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "上",
          "あ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い上げる"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaidashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い出し"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaitsugu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "継",
          "つ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い継ぐ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaite",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "手",
          "て"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaimakuru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "捲",
          "まく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い捲る"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaimawashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "回",
          "まわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い回し"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaime",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "女",
          "め"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い女"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utaimono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "物",
          "もの"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌い物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "utautai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌歌い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hikiutai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "弾",
          "ひ"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "弾き歌い"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese and ultimately related to 歌 (uta, “song”).\nFirst attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "utau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたい",
      "roman": "utai",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたった",
      "roman": "utatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたへど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたはば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utaferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うたはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "utafamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "うたふ",
        "tr": "both",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "うたう • (utau) ^(←うたふ (utafu)?)transitive or intransitive godan (stem うたい (utai), past うたった (utatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うた",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "roman": "natsu utau mono wa fuyu naku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "夏",
          "なつ"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "もの"
        ],
        [
          "冬",
          "ふゆ"
        ],
        [
          "泣",
          "な"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "夏歌う者は冬泣く"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mendori utaeba ie horobu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "雌",
          "めん"
        ],
        [
          "鳥",
          "どり"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "家",
          "いえ"
        ],
        [
          "滅",
          "ほろ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "雌鳥歌えば家滅ぶ"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "uta ni bakari utau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "歌にばかり歌う"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nome ya utae",
      "word": "飲めや歌え"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nome ya utae ya",
      "word": "飲めや歌えや"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "歌う, 唄う: (transitive, intransitive) to sing"
      ],
      "id": "en-うたう-ja-verb-gHWgfJ4S",
      "links": [
        [
          "歌う",
          "歌う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "唄う",
          "唄う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "歌う, 唄う: (transitive, intransitive) to sing",
        "謡う: (specifically) to sing a noh song"
      ],
      "id": "en-うたう-ja-verb-Vw4dV8Oe",
      "links": [
        [
          "歌う",
          "歌う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "唄う",
          "唄う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ],
        [
          "謡う",
          "謡う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "noh song",
          "謡曲#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "詠う, 咏う: (transitive) to compose poetry"
      ],
      "id": "en-うたう-ja-verb-yIZ2~1TW",
      "links": [
        [
          "詠う",
          "詠う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "咏う",
          "咏う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "compose",
          "compose"
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          "唄う",
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          "word": "鳴く"
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      "other": "うたう"
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      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ta̠ɯ̟]"
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    "Kojiki",
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}
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "utau",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "utae",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "うたわれる",
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      "form": "utawareru",
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      "form": "うたわせる",
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      "form": "うたわす",
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      "form": "utawaseru",
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      "form": "utawasu",
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      "form": "うたえる",
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      "form": "utaeru",
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      "form": "うたおう",
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      "form": "utaō",
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      "form": "うたわない",
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      "form": "utawanai",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "うたわず",
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      "form": "utawazu",
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      "form": "うたいます",
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      "form": "utaimasu",
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      "form": "うたった",
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      "form": "utatta",
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      "form": "うたって",
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      "form": "utatte",
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      "form": "うたえば",
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      "form": "utaeba",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
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      "form": "うたは",
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      "form": "utafa",
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      "form": "うたひ",
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      "form": "utafi",
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      "form": "うたふ",
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      "form": "utafe",
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      "form": "うたへ",
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      "form": "utafe",
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      "form": "うたはず",
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "utafazu",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "うたへど",
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      "form": "utafedo",
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      "form": "うたへば",
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      "form": "utafeba",
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      "form": "うたはば",
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      "form": "utafaba",
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      "form": "うたひき",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "utafiki",
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      "form": "うたひけり",
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      "form": "utafikeri",
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      "form": "うたひつ",
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      "form": "utafitu",
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        "perfect"
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      "form": "うたへり",
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      "form": "utaferi",
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      "form": "utafitari",
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      "form": "うたはむ",
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      "form": "utafamu",
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      "ruby": [
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          "歌",
          "うた"
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        [
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          "もの"
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          "泣",
          "な"
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    },
    {
      "roman": "mendori utaeba ie horobu",
      "ruby": [
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          "雌",
          "めん"
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        [
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          "どり"
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          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
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          "滅",
          "ほろ"
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      "roman": "uta ni bakari utau",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ],
        [
          "歌",
          "うた"
        ]
      ],
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    {
      "roman": "nome ya utae",
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    {
      "roman": "nome ya utae ya",
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        "Japanese transitive verbs"
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        "歌う, 唄う: (transitive, intransitive) to sing"
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          "歌う",
          "歌う#Japanese"
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          "唄う",
          "唄う#Japanese"
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          "sing",
          "sing"
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          "歌う",
          "歌う#Japanese"
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          "唄う",
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          "sing",
          "sing"
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          "謡う",
          "謡う#Japanese"
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          "noh song",
          "謡曲#Japanese"
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        "Japanese transitive verbs"
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          "詠う",
          "詠う#Japanese"
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        [
          "咏う",
          "咏う#Japanese"
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          "compose",
          "compose"
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          "poetry"
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          "詠う",
          "詠う#Japanese"
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        [
          "咏う",
          "咏う#Japanese"
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        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese intransitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "歌う, 唄う: (intransitive) to tweet, said of birds"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "歌う",
          "歌う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "唄う",
          "唄う#Japanese"
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        [
          "tweet",
          "tweet"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "鳴く"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "謳う: to state, praise (for own good)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "謳う",
          "謳う#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "praise",
          "praise"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うたう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ta̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "うたう"
}

Download raw JSONL data for うたう meaning in All languages combined (9.9kB)

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